Embrittlement of reactor core materials

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1295, Issue , 1996, Pages 758-782

  Kreyns, P H ^a   Bourgeois, W F ^a   White, C J ^b   Charpentier, P L ^a   Kammenzind, B F ^a   Franklin, D G ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b Martin Marietta Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Hafnium; Hydrides; Irradiation effects; Zircaloys

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; RADIATION DAMAGE;

HYDROGEN ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; VOID FORMATION; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY 2; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY 4;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030285693     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16200s     Document Type: Article

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